The quarterfinals are starting up and the tournament should start getting exciting. A lot of the established powers have disappointed while Egypt and Angola have been the most entertaining teams in the tournament. The one Cinderella story left in the…
This was a pretty disastrous game at least after the red card to Jimmy Conrad. Defensively, it was poor while the midfield and forwards struggled with having to play with a man down for most of the game. There were…
The storyline of this game will be Wayne Rooney’s four goals and it should be but there were a wealth of good performances for United. It helped that United got the early goal in the game in the 8th minute.…
We are a couple hours away from the first game for the United States Men’s National team in 2010. They will be facing Honduras a team that they faced four times in 2009. Both squads will be without their bigger…
This is something that I probably will do from now on to let you know the highlights of the upcoming weekend for me. It is FA Cup weekend in England and there are some intriguing matches but this weekend I’m…
I decided to give another run at a different statistic that might be helpful for determining how important a player is to their team. I decided to look at this by looking at effective goals. This idea was based on…
The big news for me today (well actually yesterday) was Ricardo Clark completing his deal with Eintracht Frankfurt. I like Clark’s skill set for the Bundesliga. He has the good strength and pace that fit well into the German game.…
The group phase is finally over. This group was all over the place during the matches and the first real excitement of the tournament. Gabon were unable to advance as Zambia got the 2-1 win to advance themselves to the…
Liverpool got a 2-0 win over Tottenham that leaves them only 1 point out of fourth place and once again there is belief that this is the great Liverpool revival. I almost want to see if the patterns of the…
LIVE BLOG: United States-Honduras
I will be providing some live commentary for the first game for the United States in 2010. The game is being played at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California at 6 pm local time. I’ll be starting about 30…